Lisa Halliday, Asymmetry
A lot has been written about this book. Its title is Asymmetry, and this applies to its structure, content and meaning. The first part...
Currentzis and the BBC Music Magazine Opera Award 2017
The BBC Music Magazine award for Best Opera recording has been a justifiable victory for Currentzis and his forces for their recording of Don...
Roma, Alfonso Cuarón
Roma is a semi-autobiographical film where we witness a series of scenes inspired by the director's upbringing in 70s Mexico. Presented in nostalgic black-and-white...
“1917”, Sam Mendes
Film review: 1917 / Director: Sam Mendes / Released: 20191917 is one of those rare films that appear every once
in a while, to remind...
Review: Tár
Film review: Tár / Director: Todd Field / Released: 2022Tár is a film that's challenging to write about for many reasons, not least due...
Christopher Nolan, “Dunkirk”
Approximately 400 thousand British, Belgian, Dutch and French soldiers were trapped in Dunkirk in May 1940. In this film we are witnessing the rescuing...
Review: Alkan, Symphony for Solo Piano & Concerto for Solo Piano, Paul Wee
Music review - Alkan, Symphony for Solo Piano, Concerto for Solo Piano / Paul Wee (piano) / BISThe High Arts Review Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★...
Nimrod Borenstein, Violin Concerto
Nimrod Borenstein’s Violin Concerto is a substantial work cast in four movements. It resembles the style of Prokofiev, Barber, Glass and -dare I say-...
Mahler Symphony 2 “Resurrection” – Vänskä, Minnesota Orchestra
Mahler, Symphony 2 "Resurrection" Minnesota Orchestra Osmo Vänskä (conductor)Sasha CookeRuby HughesMinnesota ChoraleBIS RecordsWhen you hear the lower strings opening the symphony so fiercely and...
Album Review: Destination Rachmaninov – Arrival (Piano Concertos 1 & 3) – Trifonov /...
Music Review Destination Rachmaninov - Arrival (Piano Concerto 1 & 3) - Daniil Trifonov / The Philadelphia Orchestra / Yanick Nézet-Séguin / Deutsche GrammophonThe...
